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Remember when the Nobel Peace Prize used to mean something? Like, actual peace? Now it’s the diplomatic equivalent of a gold star on a sticker chart. And in this playground of ego, tantrums, and tariffs, what else can we expect from the president of a nation that once gave Donald Trump the nuclear codes and Barack Obama a peace prize for… vibes?

🎯 “Gimme a Prize or I’ll Annex Greenland”

Let’s rewind: once upon a delusional time, Donald Trump deeply craved the Nobel Peace Prize. Not for brokering world peace. Not for nuclear disarmament. Just… because Obama got one. And, as we’ve learned from the sacred rules of toddler logic, if he has one, then I should too. 🎈

The Nobel committee, already on shaky ground after handing Obama a shiny medallion for future potential, missed their golden opportunity to shut down the Trump temper train early. A symbolic medal and a nice dinner in Oslo might have spared us four years of reality-TV diplomacy, Twitter wars with Denmark, and, yes, a threat to annex Greenland like it’s a discounted Airbnb listing.

Now, thanks to a leaked letter to Norway that reads like a rage-typed Yelp review, we know for sure: if he had gotten the prize, maybe—just maybe—he wouldn’t have declared economic war on NATO allies like a petulant boy denied pudding. Britain objects to imperial-style land grabs? Cool, here’s a new tariff. Because nothing says “peace” like slapping sanctions on your mates for not clapping loud enough.

This is where we are: the global stage as high school lunchroom politics, where medals are distributed for potential, pettiness is policy, and diplomatic retaliation is based on who sat next to who at awards night.

🧨 Challenges 🧨

Is the Nobel Peace Prize still a prize—or a participation ribbon for Presidents with fragile egos? Have we watered it down so much it’s basically a decorative coaster for world leaders with daddy issues? Let’s hear your hottest takes. Does anyone still care about this prize, or should we just hand out Nobel bobbleheads and be done with it? 🗣️🔥

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